Compounding Services
What is compounding?
Compounding is a customized service of creating pharmaceutical preparations to meet the unique needs of a patient (human or animal) when a commercially available drug does not meet those needs, in shortage, or is discontinued.
Who needs a compounded medication?
Any patient in need of the following may need to be prescribed a compounded medication:
– Customized strength or dosage of a medication
– Customized form of a medication, for example from a tablet formulation to a liquid formulation
– Reformulated form of a medication that excludes unwanted, nonessential ingredients to which the patient is allergic to, such as dyes
Southside Discount Pharmacy offers compounding services for:
- Hair Loss
- Nail Conditions
- Sports Medicine
- Pain Management
- Dental Conditions
- Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
- Skin Care/Healthy Skin Aging
- Male and Female Sexual Health
Click below to learn more about our compounding services.
Call us today or schedule an appointment here to consult with our pharmacists. We look forward to working with you and your provider to customize your care and optimize your well-being!
Pain Management
Our compounded topical pain products are formulated to provide targeted relief by addressing pain directly at its source while minimizing systemic circulation. Compounded topical pain products have shown to be beneficial for the treatment of acute pain, breakthrough pain in chronic pain treatment, joint pain, neuropathic pain, and musculoskeletal pain and inflammation.
Benefits
The targeted approach reduces the likelihood of interactions with other medications and significantly lowers the risk of side effects compared to oral pain medications. Additionally, because the cream is not absorbed throughout the entire body, the risk of dependence and addiction is nearly eliminated.
What active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are in compounded topical medications?
The APIs found in our compounded topical products are patient-specific to target the specific patient’s needs. APIs from different classes of medications such as muscle relaxants, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), topical anesthetics, neuropathic medications, and Magnesium to name a few.
All compounded topical pain products are formulated in an advanced transdermal base that allows for the simultaneous delivery of the active medications while ensuring quicker and more efficient absorption compared to other topical bases.
Skin Care
Our patient-specific compounded topical products for skin care/healthy skin aging are formulated to:
– target follicular colonization of bacteria
– improve skin appearance
– decrease inflammation
– promote skin vitality
– improve skin texture
– decrease scarring
– improve skin tone
Our topical formulations for skin care/healthy skin aging are compounded in innovative, hypoallergenic, dermatologist-tested compounding vehicles.
Sexual Health
Female Sexual Health
Our compounded medications for female sexual health are formulated to enhance sensation, rates of orgasm, & sexual satisfaction by increasing blood flow when applied to the clitoris and/or external genitalia.
We also compound female sexual products that are formulated to improve vaginal dryness and discomfort. Although vaginal dryness can occur at any age, it is particularly present during or after menopause.
Our compounded medications for female sexual health may contain combinations of vasodilators compounded in innovative, hypoallergenic, dermatologist-tested compounding vehicles with moisturizing properties.
Male Sexual Health
Our patient-specific compounded medications for male sexual health may be prescribed for the management of erectile dysfunction. Our signature troche formulations are specifically designed to achieve a faster onset of the active pharmaceutical drug.
Troches are compounding vehicles/formulations that are placed between the cheeks and gums. The troches dissolve easily allowing the active drugs to directly get into the blood stream thereby bypassing the digestive tract (“the gut”) and avoiding a food-altering/delayed response.
Troches must be refrigerated.